EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON WORK PERFORMANCE

Abstract

Sixty-three subjects worked at a vigilance task for an hour while listening to one of three musical programs. While all three programs included the same 23 selections, the Ascending Program grew steadily more lively, and the Descending Program grew steadily less lively, while the Increasingly Variable Program progressively increased the contrast between adjacent selections. Results showed that changing the sequence of the 23 selections profoundly affected reaction times and variabilities, as well as individual consistency. Subjects performed the vigilance task better with the Ascending Program than with the other two programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0664749

Entities

People

  • William Wokoun

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Amplifiers
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Consistency
  • Contrast
  • Conversion
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Heart Rate
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Instructions
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Reaction Time
  • Recording Systems
  • Reliability

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.
  • Strategic Security Studies